tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.comments2014-11-22T05:41:46.589-08:00Conjugate VisitsJune Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger1546125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-65541543563732863832014-02-17T10:47:52.935-08:002014-02-17T10:47:52.935-08:00Hmmm. Not according to Merriam-Webster&#39;s, no. ...Hmmm. Not according to Merriam-Webster&#39;s, no. It&#39;s an adjective (payment due, payment is due), an adverb (due north), a noun (pay your dues) and, debatably, a preposition, as discussed above. But the dictionary never categorizes it as a conjunction. And because I can&#39;t see it doing a coordinating conjunction&#39;s job linking things like nouns (as does &quot;or&quot; in &quot;dinner comes with salad or soup or dessert&quot;) and I can&#39;t see it doing a subordinating conjunction&#39;s job of introducing a whole clause (as does &quot;if&quot; in, &quot;If I see him ...&quot;), I&#39;m not thinking of any use in which it would work as a conjunction.June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-16039158336038322602014-02-17T10:19:58.101-08:002014-02-17T10:19:58.101-08:00Couldn&#39;t this be conjunction?Couldn&#39;t this be conjunction?Towel Trudgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02109392558230668816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-66127914774293004452013-10-04T12:44:25.546-07:002013-10-04T12:44:25.546-07:00: )
: ) <br />June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-53858541636424025642013-10-04T12:41:59.031-07:002013-10-04T12:41:59.031-07:00Almost three years after you posted this, and it&#...Almost three years after you posted this, and it&#39;s still helpful Thanks. This was precisely the answer I needed.Scott Bergstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270521545371552875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-38826077816283852692013-08-30T15:26:45.721-07:002013-08-30T15:26:45.721-07:00You&#39;re right, Big Sky Daddy and June. Major di...You&#39;re right, Big Sky Daddy and June. Major disconnect between lyrics and photo. Cute song, though, and the producers&#39; hearts were in the right place—even if the apostrophes weren&#39;t.P@MELAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790757447673422332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-70789374887712722152013-08-29T00:32:23.035-07:002013-08-29T00:32:23.035-07:00Thanks, June! I&#39;m designing an event flyer ton...Thanks, June! I&#39;m designing an event flyer tonight, and although flyers don&#39;t typically follow strict rules of grammar, wanted to show AFTER-PARTY correctly. Cheers! - JimThe Corrugationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457168893740758301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-52485690541740352442013-04-22T23:57:25.618-07:002013-04-22T23:57:25.618-07:00I would use &quot;populated by&quot; in the most ...I would use &quot;populated by&quot; in the most literal sense ( to me) of &quot;populate&quot; , the dwelling at a particular place of a group of living creatures. I would use &quot; populated with&quot; only in figurative speech.<br />In all modesty, not being a native speaker.kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17022641374761961704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-56523462833577379312013-01-17T08:07:30.747-08:002013-01-17T08:07:30.747-08:00&quot;Yes&quot; is often set off with commas:
Ye...&quot;Yes&quot; is often set off with commas: <br /><br />Yes, I&#39;ll be there.<br /><br />A comma *can* come after &quot;and&quot; in many cases. But it depends on the situation.<br /><br />I spoke to Joe and, if you must know, he asked about you.<br /><br />But unless there&#39;s something intervening between &quot;and&quot; and whatever it&#39;s connecting to the rest of the sentence, there&#39;s usually no call to put a comma there. <br /><br />Does that answer your question?June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-4555235986235579592013-01-17T05:25:50.568-08:002013-01-17T05:25:50.568-08:00Based on the title of your post, it is also kosher...Based on the title of your post, it is also kosher to use a comma after &quot;and&quot; and before &quot;yes&quot;?<br /><br /><br />Ratprincesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132490952899315837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-77156186849579751662013-01-06T21:40:16.811-08:002013-01-06T21:40:16.811-08:00The question was &quot;why did the prof prefer &#3...The question was &quot;why did the prof prefer &#39;although&#39; over &#39;though&#39; at the beginning of the sentence, and you answered &quot;they&#39;re both bad&quot; which completely ignored the question. I&#39;m disappointed that your blog post was top hit on my google search.Lupiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08691528306629873885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-31252989867883064112012-12-27T22:16:30.052-08:002012-12-27T22:16:30.052-08:00RE: &quot;* Opt for “I appreciate your taking the ...RE: &quot;* Opt for “I appreciate your taking the time to meet with me” instead of “I appreciate you taking the time to meet with me” – not because it’s better but because a lot of people think it’s better. If you really want the job, you probably don’t want to risk offending the reader.&quot;<br /><br /><br />&quot;I appreciate your taking the time to meet with me&quot; is better, because it is grammatically correct.<br />“I appreciate you taking the time to meet with me” is grammatically wrong.<br />Like, &quot;I appreciate your help&quot; vs. &quot;I appreciate you help&quot;. Gorilla Glasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09445081519843517039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-84354769358595425102012-10-31T08:44:05.773-07:002012-10-31T08:44:05.773-07:00Glad you found that helpful. I&#39;ve moved most o...Glad you found that helpful. I&#39;ve moved most of my grammar blogging activity over to GrammarUnderground.com. Hope that&#39;s of interest, too!June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-87360040992114608282012-10-31T06:17:48.432-07:002012-10-31T06:17:48.432-07:00You have no idea how happy I am to have found you ...You have no idea how happy I am to have found you today! Love the blog!Martha Merrill Willshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296165334525197005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-23709698441289418382012-06-16T08:56:34.172-07:002012-06-16T08:56:34.172-07:00Mika:
Both are correct, grammatical, and logical....Mika:<br /><br />Both are correct, grammatical, and logical. But they have different connotations. &quot;Having portrayed the heronie so many times, the actress was eager too play a villainess&quot; makes it sound like all her previous experience would naturally make her want to do something different. <br /><br />But &quot;though&quot; suggests the opposite: &quot;Though she had portrayed the heroine so many times, the actress was eager to play a villainess&quot; suggests it&#39;s surprising that she would want to do anything besides play a heroine. It sort of suggests &quot;in spite of the fact that.&quot;<br /><br />I think the first one makes more sense. But I&#39;ve noticed that professional writers tend to avoid the construction &quot;having blanked&quot; as a modifier. It seems the more popular choice among pros is stuff like: &quot;The actress had portrayed the heronie so many times. She was eager to try her hand at playing a villainess.&quot;June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-4993778960459024722012-06-16T01:14:10.136-07:002012-06-16T01:14:10.136-07:00hi, there is this tricky item I came across with:&...hi, there is this tricky item I came across with:&quot; _____ the heroine so many times, the actress was eager to try her hand at playing a villainess&quot;<br />which option is correct, though?<br />a. Having portrayed<br />b. Though she had portrayed<br /> my name is lia mikaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10480463639713819568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-401373984353982352012-06-01T22:27:13.915-07:002012-06-01T22:27:13.915-07:00It&#39;s eccentric practice IMO, to convert a verb...It&#39;s eccentric practice IMO, to convert a verb (here <i>predominate</i> to an adverb with the &quot;ly&quot;. It also lacks felicity, again, IMO. I would always strike it out in any text I was asked to edit.<br /><br />I suspect the widespread usage likely to have arisen either from misapprehension of the speech of apparently literate others in the electronic media (I&#39;ve heard this on the radio reasonably often) or as a consequence of laziness. cf: &quot;particuly&quot;; &quot;inferstructure&quot;, &quot;edjucation&quot;.<br /><br />Some morphemes are easier to pronounce and the extra syllable doesn&#39;t really add much.<br /><br />Twitter: @fran_b__Franhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934312179608056908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-25357253693264671322012-04-26T08:46:00.025-07:002012-04-26T08:46:00.025-07:00Hi June,
I&#39;ve recently stumbled across you bl...Hi June,<br /> I&#39;ve recently stumbled across you blog re Larsson (To my delight, I might add) and feel so vindicated after upsetting friends by criticising these poorly written, creepy novels. I&#39;m sure I&#39;m not alone when I say that you should keep up the good work and maybe post some more This Is How It&#39;s Done Larsson entries.cm78http://www.blogger.com/profile/16977179478845366113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-2049873257765760712012-03-04T07:08:03.361-08:002012-03-04T07:08:03.361-08:00Regarding Brits&#39; use of &quot;birds&quot;: Cou...Regarding Brits&#39; use of &quot;birds&quot;: Could that explain why they also use &quot;gulls&quot; instead of &quot;girls&quot;? {:^)Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15252256724333190059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-68421255150182198722012-02-24T21:17:50.617-08:002012-02-24T21:17:50.617-08:00You didn&#39;t mention the sentence&#39;s most egr...You didn&#39;t mention the sentence&#39;s most egregious error. “Bunions, Hammertoes and Neuromas” aren’t “podiatric needs.” They’re podiatric conditions. Podiatric needs would be cures or palliatives for bunions, hammertoes, and neoromas. I assume you flagged it for the author’s attention.Doyle Harcavyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07740318086902862217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-3019963425907931052012-02-12T23:50:17.088-08:002012-02-12T23:50:17.088-08:00I read your list and I have resisted the urge to a...I read your list and I have resisted the urge to answer each of your examples... but I controlled my urges. I do suggest that you do not fool around with food expiry dates. Death is possible if you are wrong. Russian roulette with food companies that have already stretched the expiry date to the cutting edge of legal.<br /><br />cheers.Garry Ladouceurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220079742893590928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-87239805645246837102012-01-14T08:54:54.626-08:002012-01-14T08:54:54.626-08:00I am sorry but market research is very valuable to...I am sorry but market research is very valuable to companies as companies do not know what their customers want unless they ask them. Most people don&#39;t mind helping out a company they do business with. A good example of positive changes because of customers survey answers would be DOMINOES who totally revamped their product for their customers a few years ago after customer surveys. Surveys are hot and are constantly being quoted by news sources, magazines, etc. <br /><br />There is a time market research can be valuable...even our own privite market research in our personal lives.jennifer andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376053334977127834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-82917676105195783492011-12-15T21:26:49.601-08:002011-12-15T21:26:49.601-08:00It&#39;s funny how we get wordy when we&#39;re try...It&#39;s funny how we get wordy when we&#39;re trying to sound intelligent. Good thing for people like you!LL Blackwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09921100359598254068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-77903255199309544152011-12-12T19:50:15.091-08:002011-12-12T19:50:15.091-08:00Too funny and too true!Too funny and too true!Cafe Noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-7903777092091086752011-12-12T14:00:14.498-08:002011-12-12T14:00:14.498-08:00Yeah, he works 15 hours a week in a public library...Yeah, he works 15 hours a week in a public library, which is where he picked up your book. He lol&#39;d when I told him your answer.<br /><br />&gt; Time to start leaving engineering school or medical school brochures around the house!<br /><br />Funny you should say that. He&#39;s taking an anatomy class, and our refrigerator has a half-dozen sutured tangerine skins.PRicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16070087654201842627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-4329687115871391122011-12-12T13:28:15.541-08:002011-12-12T13:28:15.541-08:00PRice. What a nice thing to hear!
Seems there&#39...PRice. What a nice thing to hear!<br /><br />Seems there&#39;s sood chance he&#39;ll become a writer, also a good chance he&#39;ll become an editor. Time to start leaving engineering school or medical school brochures around the house! <br /><br />: )June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.com